According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in 2023, people reported losing $10 billion to scams, with phone scams causing the highest per-person loss.

To The Watchdog, it marked the Golden Era of consumer protection. It was as if the staffers that enforce rules and laws ...

Robocalls and texts are not only annoying, they are costly! Unsuspecting consumers lose billions of dollars to fraud every year. How can you prevent it from happening to you or a loved one? Consumer ...

Calls and texts from scammers are not only annoying, they’re also costly, with unsuspecting consumers losing billions of dollars to fraud every year. Consumer Reports has some new advice on how to ...

It was a delight to see the public discourse on advertising regulation rebooted recently. The reboot, admirably, was not ...

This article is part of a monthly column that considers the significance of recent Federal Trade Commission announcements about antitrust issues.

The man she met on a dating app gave her promises of a romantic relationship while asking her to send money as, he claimed, ...

A growing number of people are victims of a pop-up auction scheme. Find out more about the scam and how to protect yourself.

Although the scope of federal antitrust enforcement under the second Trump administration remains uncertain, the Procurement Collusion Strike ...

In one of the final reports by the CFPB issued under Rohit Chopra’s regime, the bureau outlines how state-level regulators can better protect consumers.